All Blacks v England

[MiketheSnow]

Backline

BB
Telea
Reiko
JB
Reece
Mo
Smith

TJ, DMac, ALB

[nostrildamus]

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs England:

@nostrildamus fuck I hope it happens otherwise we don't have a chance. Where's the motivation otherwise.

I understand though if the distinction is too subtle for you.
I understand.

[Bones]

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks Vs England:

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs England:

@nostrildamus fuck I hope it happens otherwise we don't have a chance. Where's the motivation otherwise.

I understand though if the distinction is too subtle for you.
I understand.

So subtle I need extra motivation, just like the ABs.

[nostrildamus]

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs England:

So subtle I need extra motivation, just like the ABs.

Doesn't seem like you need any to keep this thread going

[pakman]

Ofa/Sami/Lomax/BBBR/Big Sam/Paps/Scooter/RD/Nugget/Richie/Jordie/Ioane (R)/CC/Telea/BB

Bench is where it gets interesting...

[Stargazer]

@MiketheSnow Dmac isn't in the ABs. He'll join the Baabaas this week.

[MiketheSnow]

@Stargazer said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow Dmac isn't in the ABs. He'll join the Baabaas this week.

With Foster obviously not trusting Perofeta, if Mo gets injured I'd be far more confident with DMac going to 10 than BB

You pick your best 23

End of

[Bones]

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks Vs England:

@Stargazer said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow Dmac isn't in the ABs. He'll join the Baabaas this week.

With Foster obviously not trusting Perofeta, if Mo gets injured I'd be far more confident with DMac going to 10 than BB

You pick your best 23

End of

You tune changer you!

[MiketheSnow]

@pakman said in All Blacks Vs England:

Ofa/Sami/Lomax/BBBR/Big Sam/Paps/Scooter/RD/Nugget/Richie/Jordie/Ioane (R)/CC/Telea/BB

Bench is where it gets interesting...

Taylor, Bower, Newell, Vaa'i, Frizell, Perenara, DMac, ALB

[MiketheSnow]

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks Vs England:

@Stargazer said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow Dmac isn't in the ABs. He'll join the Baabaas this week.

With Foster obviously not trusting Perofeta, if Mo gets injured I'd be far more confident with DMac going to 10 than BB

You pick your best 23

End of

You tune changer you!

Definitely

Coming in to the Summer internationals I tipped BB to return to his best

At 10

He didn't and he hasn't

But with JB going to 12 and Jordan injured then BB is the best 15 available

[Bones]

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks Vs England:

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks Vs England:

@Stargazer said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow Dmac isn't in the ABs. He'll join the Baabaas this week.

With Foster obviously not trusting Perofeta, if Mo gets injured I'd be far more confident with DMac going to 10 than BB

You pick your best 23

End of

You tune changer you!

Definitely

Coming in to the Summer internationals I tipped BB to return to his best

At 10

He didn't and he hasn't

But with JB going to 12 and Jordan injured then BB is the best 15 available

And the best 10 rhymes with bounga

[MiketheSnow]

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks Vs England:

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks Vs England:

@Stargazer said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow Dmac isn't in the ABs. He'll join the Baabaas this week.

With Foster obviously not trusting Perofeta, if Mo gets injured I'd be far more confident with DMac going to 10 than BB

You pick your best 23

End of

You tune changer you!

Definitely

Coming in to the Summer internationals I tipped BB to return to his best

At 10

He didn't and he hasn't

But with JB going to 12 and Jordan injured then BB is the best 15 available

And the best 10 rhymes with bounga

Hence my team above

[Bones]

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks Vs England:

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks Vs England:

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks Vs England:

@Stargazer said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow Dmac isn't in the ABs. He'll join the Baabaas this week.

With Foster obviously not trusting Perofeta, if Mo gets injured I'd be far more confident with DMac going to 10 than BB

You pick your best 23

End of

You tune changer you!

Definitely

Coming in to the Summer internationals I tipped BB to return to his best

At 10

He didn't and he hasn't

But with JB going to 12 and Jordan injured then BB is the best 15 available

And the best 10 rhymes with bounga

Hence my team above

If I screech enough, you will listen. Good to know.

[nostrildamus]

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks Vs England:

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks Vs England:

@Stargazer said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow Dmac isn't in the ABs. He'll join the Baabaas this week.

With Foster obviously not trusting Perofeta, if Mo gets injured I'd be far more confident with DMac going to 10 than BB

You pick your best 23

End of

You tune changer you!

Definitely

Coming in to the Summer internationals I tipped BB to return to his best

At 10

He didn't and he hasn't

But with JB going to 12 and Jordan injured then BB is the best 15 available

is Zarn Sullivan injured?

[pakman]

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks Vs England:

@pakman said in All Blacks Vs England:

Ofa/Sami/Lomax/BBBR/Big Sam/Paps/Scooter/RD/Nugget/Richie/Jordie/Ioane (R)/CC/Telea/BB

Bench is where it gets interesting...

Taylor, Bower, Newell, Vaa'i, Frizell, Perenara, DMac, ALB

I'd say Codie/Newell/Vaa'i/TJP/ALB are givens.

De Groot/Bower tricky because latter very good Sunday.
Frizell/Akira is perennial Fern chewing bone.
Part of me would like to see Reece on bench, but injury considerations come into play.

[nostrildamus]

Given how well Telea played maybe there is another decent wing out there?

We still lack a spare 13 behind Ioane if ALB no longer suits there.
From what I saw of the AB XV Big Leicester would at least add a bit of oomph.

[Bones]

@pakman said in All Blacks Vs England:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks Vs England:

@pakman said in All Blacks Vs England:

Ofa/Sami/Lomax/BBBR/Big Sam/Paps/Scooter/RD/Nugget/Richie/Jordie/Ioane (R)/CC/Telea/BB

Bench is where it gets interesting...

Taylor, Bower, Newell, Vaa'i, Frizell, Perenara, DMac, ALB

I'd say Codie/Newell/Vaa'i/TJP/ALB are givens.

De Groot/Bower tricky because latter very good Sunday.
Frizell/Akira is perennial Fern chewing bone.
Part of me would like to see Reece on bench, but injury considerations come into play.

Bower is easily the best carrier out of the props IMO, so probably puts him ahead of EdG for a bench role, probably a stronger scrummager too.

You've gone quiet on Nepo fella

[Bones]

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks Vs England:

Given how well Telea played maybe there is another decent wing out there?

We still lack a spare 13 behind Ioane if ALB no longer suits there.
From what I saw of the AB XV Big Leicester would at least add a bit of oomph.

Yeah might have been nice if we got to see more of Faainganuku, instead of using him as the prototype for what will be knows as "doing a Perofeta".

[nostrildamus]

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs England:

Yeah might have been nice if we got to see more of Faainganuku, instead of using him as the prototype for what will be knows as "doing a Perofeta".

I'm sure he has workons, distribution or turning speed/agility, positioning, perhaps. But if they are not going to play Tana's fave Hurricanes nephew, I don't know who could do it (nb I thought Nankivell played well from what I saw yesterday but I guess he is more a 12 than a 13).

[Bones]

@nostrildamus Oh I was thinking of the wing to replace Clarke, no idea why after reading your post again.